130 IIOUSi; WAlUt \M Y. 



carrlap:os may f^o on Avhifliovor sido ihoy ]>lon5e"(/). 



Uuloof ]^ut tho rule of tlio road as to keeping tlie proper 



;ipi'iio'j»hio side applies to saddle horses as well as to carriages, 



'.'u'.'cre.'"^" ''^"'^ if ^ carriage and liorso are to pass, a carriage 



must keep its proper side, so must a horse ('/). 



Still, as before said, tho rule of tho road, that 

 a driver should keep on his own side, is not ab- 

 solute. If a driver does not do so, he must bo 

 cautious, and the degree of care sufficient for a 

 driver on his own side, will not be sufficient if ho 

 is on the -wTong side (.r). »So a person has no 

 business to diive on the wrong side of the road in 

 the dark ; if ho does so, and injures tho carriage 

 of another person, ho is answerable for it (y). It 

 is generally better to keep on tho proper side in 

 diiving, in any event, but there may be circum- 

 stances where by pulling over to tho wrong side a 

 collision may be avoided, such as where a driver 

 meets a loaded conveyance coming down a hill, 

 which is too heavy for the horses; or where a 

 carriage is seen approaching, the horses of which 

 are manifestly running away ; for although horses 

 will of themselves keep their proper side and avoid 

 cctntact witli other veliicles, although their driver 

 may be asleep, it is otlierwise wlion horses are 

 running away; their doing so is generally tlu^ 



(I) Ootfrrill V. Tiipp, nhi Hiiprn, by Mr. J. Pnttoson. 



(m) TJom v. T.ittoH, ft C. & V. J 07. 



(x) J'luckwell V. //'i/jtwi, 6 C. k V. 376; and Lloyd v. OyUbij, b 

 C. B., N. S. fi07. 



(y) Chaplin V. Ilatm, 3 C. & P. ri54 ; IfamhjBide v. Wihoti, 3 

 C. A: r. olio ; Latmc v. Lroy, 3 Eiiet, h'Xi. 



